🔗 2025-03-06 njz_pr Instagram Post

Hello, this is NJZ.

Following ADOR’s additional statement last Friday, we are reluctantly conveying our position to respond and to prevent any misunderstanding regarding the injunction proceedings scheduled for this week.

We notified ADOR of the termination of our exclusive contract as of November 29, 2024, because ADOR failed to fulfill its contractual obligations, and accordingly, the contract has been terminated. We hereby inform you that ADOR no longer has any authority to manage or interfere with our activities.

Nevertheless, on January 6, 2025, ADOR filed an injunction seeking recognition that they are still NJZ’s management agency. At the time, ADOR appeared to claim that only advertising activities were at issue, but the application included a demand to “recognize their status as the management agency.” This is an attempt to restrict all of NJZ’s entertainment activities, not just advertising, and it reveals that ADOR’s ultimate goal is to completely block NJZ’s activities.

Furthermore, on February 11, 2025, ADOR expanded the scope of its injunction application, requesting a prohibition on not only advertising but all of NJZ’s music activities—including songwriting, composing, performing, and singing—as well as all other ancillary activities. This occurred immediately after we received news that “Chairman Bang Si-hyuk had pressured ComplexCon concert organizers,” leading us to believe this was a retaliatory measure taken after their attempt to sabotage the performance was neutralized.

Until just a few days ago, ADOR continued to publicly state its position on NJZ’s independent activities, yet did not disclose the fact that ADOR’s injunction application aims to prohibit all entertainment activities. This is a completely different attitude from when they widely publicized the injunction filing on January 6. On the surface, ADOR claims to take issue only with NJZ’s advertising activities or to prevent confusion for fans and advertisers, but in reality, they are asking the court to prohibit all of NJZ’s entertainment activities entirely.

This is an attempt to infringe on NJZ’s freedom of occupation, and at the same time, it appears to be an intention to avoid public criticism by not disclosing this publicly. The essence of NJZ is music activities, and restricting this is tantamount to denying NJZ’s very reason for existence. Ultimately, ADOR filed the injunction from the beginning with the intention of blocking all of NJZ’s activities.

We have endured continuous discrimination and unfair treatment within HYBE. HYBE clearly expressed its intention not to let us engage in activities for an extended period, saying they would give us a long vacation after the Tokyo Dome fan meeting in June of last year, and has continuously attempted to undermine our value, including making disparaging remarks about our achievements to a reporter. Although we did not bring this up first, such attempts continued even after the termination of the exclusive contract and have recently become more severe.

We raised objections and protested to ADOR on multiple occasions, but even when we were under their management, ADOR showed no effort to protect us; instead, they sided with HYBE or other labels, or treated our words as lies. Above all, we suffered enormous damage because none of the major activity plans we had expected for 2024 were fulfilled, and even after the termination of the exclusive contract, we continue to face ongoing interference and harassment regarding advertising arrangements, visa issues, and other matters.

We made repeated requests to ADOR for rectification in an effort to maintain the exclusive contract relationship. However, ADOR ignored all of these requests, and ultimately, we had no choice but to decide to terminate the contract.

Due to the accumulation of ADOR’s serious failures to fulfill its obligations, the relationship of trust—the prerequisite for maintaining an exclusive contract—has long since broken down. Under these circumstances, if NJZ were forced to conduct activities only through ADOR, not only would normal entertainment activities be impossible, but we would also have to endure unbearable psychological distress.

ADOR is fully aware of this situation yet is employing various methods to block our activities. The injunction and various other obstructive actions are attempts to fundamentally halt our careers as artists, and we wish to make clear that this is nothing more than one-sided harassment intended to wear down those of us who have lawfully terminated our exclusive contract and are trying to continue our activities.

This termination notice is based on exclusive contract legal principles and civil law, and is a customary and standard legal procedure. Therefore, when ADOR or certain organizations loudly claim that our independent activities after the termination notice are somehow illegal or unjust, this is a false claim—an absurd argument that only the artists should give up the legal procedures and effects guaranteed by law.

We intend to faithfully participate in the injunction proceedings and the main lawsuit scheduled to follow, and we seek to have the legitimacy of the termination reaffirmed through the judicial process.

We hope that no one else will ever have to experience such unfair treatment as we have. Thank you.